DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 03/19 Hampshire_IL 889ft pt37818@42.147,-88.420,844ft BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by +0.1 degF SPONSORED BY: ChicagoLand Glider Council RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 18Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time 0653z - - 0953z - - 1329z - - 1554z - - 1857z Update Time FCST PERIOD 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 12.3 - - 23.3 - - 33.2 - - 37.3 - - 32.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -27 - - 140 - - 377 - - 234 - - -46 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 44 - - 1037 - - 2106 - - 2534 - - 46 BL Depth Hcrit 917 - - 918 - - 2189 - - 2355 - - 918 Hcrit BL Top 933 - - 1926 - - 2995 - - 3423 - - 935 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 328 - - 647 - - 739 - - 882 - - 2455 Hgt.Variab. W* 4 - - 213 - - 375 - - 341 - - 16 W* B/S 0 - - 3 - - 4 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 6 - - 13 - - 18 - - 20 - - 9 BL Wind Direction 280 - - 278 - - 260 - - 253 - - 239 Direction Wind Shear 0 - - 5 - - 6 - - 7 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg 0 - - -1 - - -4 - - -5 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -881 - - -1471 - - -1990 - - -2114 - - -2570 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 1814 - - 3397 - - 4985 - - 5538 - - 3505 sfcLCL ODpotential -8795 - - -8056 - - -6854 - - -6471 - - -7663 ODpotential blCL 9728 - - 9982 - - 9849 - - 9894 - - 8598 blCL maxRH 73 - - 71 - - 61 - - 54 - - 58 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 12.3 - - 23.3 - - 33.2 - - 37.3 - - 32.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 8.3 - - 12.1 - - 14.8 - - 16.5 - - 20.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 14.0 - - 22.6 - - 31.5 - - 36.3 - - 34.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 8.2 - - 11.4 - - 13.8 - - 15.9 - - 20.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -27 - - 140 - - 377 - - 234 - - -46 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 44 - - 1037 - - 2106 - - 2534 - - 46 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 1 - - 2 - - 2 - - 2 - - 2 EXPERIMENT2 PROFILES OF WIND SPEED [kt] AND DIRECTION [degTrue] ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- Height 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z [ft] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ft] 96610 9 286 10 255 7 302 7 275 8 257 96610 89361 3 110 12 155 10 183 9 245 5 003 89361 83778 5 170 12 153 13 159 13 203 4 252 83778 79126 8 221 9 159 9 172 15 194 9 231 79126 75099 11 226 8 174 12 211 13 226 10 237 75099 71510 12 242 9 197 15 218 14 235 10 236 71510 68251 16 246 12 241 19 233 19 246 20 254 68251 65259 19 261 20 252 24 236 25 240 26 240 65259 62476 34 263 29 260 29 252 26 248 27 252 62476 59773 41 261 39 260 34 251 34 255 34 253 59773 56930 49 260 46 261 39 254 37 258 38 248 56930 53943 58 254 55 259 48 259 47 260 42 258 53943 51074 59 253 62 257 55 258 54 254 50 259 51074 48486 61 256 65 254 59 256 54 255 54 253 48486 46159 60 256 62 253 61 253 58 260 53 255 46159 44049 60 260 58 255 60 252 60 258 56 257 44049 42123 60 263 56 257 59 253 58 254 54 255 42123 40350 60 263 56 262 55 253 55 252 50 254 40350 38700 60 262 58 264 51 258 54 256 50 260 38700 37166 58 259 59 263 52 264 53 261 50 266 37166 35744 52 260 53 263 51 262 50 260 48 264 35744 34395 48 264 46 267 41 259 41 256 37 254 34395 33046 43 271 42 271 36 266 30 277 23 272 33046 31667 41 282 38 277 34 282 38 292 31 296 31667 30265 42 281 31 290 30 290 36 290 35 285 30265 28818 38 283 27 303 24 305 30 295 30 284 28818 27313 37 288 26 322 26 314 28 299 27 303 27313 25750 37 299 26 329 28 309 29 304 29 314 25750 24125 29 328 25 340 26 306 30 310 33 318 24125 22431 35 358 25 348 25 312 30 313 33 317 22431 20668 41 007 28 352 25 323 28 312 30 316 20668 18827 42 009 31 354 25 331 25 312 28 319 18827 16901 39 010 33 355 24 330 24 312 27 323 16901 14929 34 006 30 350 23 328 23 311 25 322 14929 13019 32 355 28 344 22 323 23 308 23 313 13019 11276 32 351 27 340 22 318 24 304 23 305 11276 9725 30 352 27 342 21 315 24 299 26 295 9725 8350 28 351 26 344 20 314 22 290 26 286 8350 7129 25 346 23 340 20 311 22 280 25 279 7129 6049 23 335 21 332 20 304 23 275 25 270 6049 5096 21 321 20 320 21 295 24 271 25 264 5096 4258 19 312 22 309 22 287 24 265 26 258 4258 3522 18 312 21 300 22*278 22*255 26 245 3522 2866 17 314 19 290 19*262 22*253 25 240 2866 2287 19 314 18*287 18 260 21 253 24 240 2287 1804 24 312 15*280 18 260 21 253 23 241 1804 1433 22 305 14 278 18 259 20 253 21 240 1433 1178 16 288 13 276 17 259 19 253 17 240 1178 1023 13 285 12 276 15 258 18 253 14*239 1023 935 6*280 10 276 13 258 14 252 9*239 935 PARAMETER KEY: (basic parameter information is provided at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/basic_parameters.html) (more complete parameter descriptions are at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/RUC/INFO/parameters.html) (additional help is at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/index.html, e.g. "For NEW USERS" section) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time = UTC Time of BLIPSPOT calculation FCST PERIOD = Hours from model initialization time Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] Hcrit = Height of Critical Updraft Strength [ftMSL] BL Top = Height of Boundary Layer Top (TI=0 height) [ftMSL] Hgt.Variab = Thermal Height Variability (difference between TI=+4{F} & TI=0 Heights) [ft] W* = Thermal Updraft Velocity (subtract glider sink rate to get vario) [fpm] B/S = Buoyancy/Shear Ratio (thermals may be unworkable if 5 or less) BL Wind = Wind Speed averaged through BL [kt] Direction = Wind Direction averaged through BL [degTrue] Max.Converg = Max. Vertical Velocity created by BL Convergence [x10^-2 kt] (note: BLIPMAPs provide better evaluation since convergence lines are usually mobile CLOUDpotent = Expect clouds at or above sfcLCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & sfcLCL) [ft] sfcLCL = Base of Lowest Clouds, if CLOUDpotent>0 (LCL = Lifting Condensation Level based upon sfc. humidity) [ftMSL] ODpotential = Expect extensive clouds at blCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & blCL) [ft] bLCL = Base of Extensive Clouds, if ODpotential>0 (bl CL = Condensation Level based upon BL humidity) [ftMSL] maxRH = Maximum Relative Humidity in BL [%] CAPE = Convective Available Potential Energy [J/kg] Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] DewPt@2m = Dew Point Temp. at 2m AGL [F] Temp@Bot = Temperature at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) DewPt@Bot = Dew Point Temp. at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] EXPERIMENT = Mystery variable for test purposes (intended for DrJack's use) * = Indicates BL Top (TI=0 Height) on profiles Note: printed heights are for 18Z - heights for other times differ slightly Results neglect thermals created by small-scale features not resolved by the smoothed model topography